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In Process -- April 2018

Daily efforts That horror novel: Maybe 30,000 words. That short story in my email isn’t really a short story anymore. Mostly it’s a huge pile of notes. I don’t know what to do with it, but I like it so… Accomplishments “Wind/Water/Salt”. Posted chapter 9 to OWW. Connecting Critted  9 Got back 2 Subs -- Knitting Ann Boleyn (1998).  Started the month with roughly 82 rows to go on the body. Now 25? I find this hard to believe. There must be a math error somewhere? That makes it seem like I’ll be done with this project someday, and well, that just doesn’t seem true. Of course, there’s the possibility that I cut the steeks and it doesn’t fit at all. Quite likely. I don’t know that it’s going to be wide enough. It’s certainly long enough though. Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). I erroneously said I’d planned the instarsia for the back in March. That was a lie.   Nukumori (Knitty Winter 2017). Finished the first one.  I also sew

What I read -- April 2018

Library Hold Challenge #6: “A Tree of Bones” by Gemma Files. Book 3. Might as well finish them off! The hardest thing here is the large cast. Also, most of the progression seems to happen through dialog. I could learn a lot from Gemma Files, I think. LHC #7: “Grunt” by Mary Roach. If I recall correctly, Kameron Hurley read a whole bunch of Mary Roach books last year or the year before, and that’s how this wound up on my library hold list. It’s incredibly readable and the sense of humor matches mine really well. LHC #8: “Shadow and Bone” by Leigh Bardugo. This was a very fast read. I just loved Mal and Alina’s connection, and the worldbuilding was fantastic.